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CHARiTY OF THE MONTH PROGRAM

Each month, TEAM EFA designates one animal charity as our Charity of the Month.

All EFA Charities of the Month is the charity of choice of at least one EFA member.

EFA members who choose to donate a portion of their product sales to the EFA Charity of the Month, please tag those listings with our cotm tag.

If after the month is done & your products are still tagged with the cotm tag then those will go to benefit next month's cotm. If you wish to donate a percentage to another charity, including a -previous- cotm, please remove 'cotm' from your tag.

Using these tags helps to identify your pledge and makes it easier for shoppers & Treasury makers to locate your cotm products.

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

1. Tell the White House to Stop Breed Discrimination on Military Bases

The White House just issued an official statement opposing breed specific legislation (BSL) on the grounds that it is costly and, more importantly, ineffective. Logically, this should extend to breed discriminatory regulations in place on U.S. military bases that prevent people from keeping certain types of dogs based on their looks.

Please send a letter to President Obama thanking him for opposing BSL and asking him to take action against BSL on military bases.

This week 16 welfare organizations stepped up to rescue 367 dogs in what's believed to be the second largest bust in U.S. history. While there are laws on the books dealing with those directly involved in animal fighting, loopholes still exist for spectators.

Please sign a letter to lawmakers asking them to support the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, which would crack down on those who attend animal fights and impose heftier penalties for anyone who brings a minor along.

A bill in California that would ban lead ammunition for hunting and potentially save hundreds of wild animals from lead poisoning, including endangered California condors, is on the table. Unfortunately, it's being opposed by some hunting organizations and the NRA that claim its safe, despite scientific evidence to the contrary.

Monday, August 26, 2013

This is my fifth and last in a series of treasuries that highlight my favorite items from Team EFA (etsy for animals) sellers. Team EFA sellers contribute a portion of their proceeds to animal charities and organizations.

Saturday, August 24, 2013

A few years ago 18 beluga whales were captured at the behest of the Georgia Aquarium. However, this month the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration denied the aquarium's application for a permit to import them into the U.S. for display. Now their advocates are worried they'll be sold to the highest bidder from a country that doesn't have protections for marine mammals.

Please sign the petition urging the Russian Department of Fisheries to allow a team of scientists to assess their health and rehabilitate them for release those who are fit back into the wild.

What looked like a victory this June when a spokesman confirmed that the university would no longer be using cats to teach students how to perform tracheal intubation in its Pediatrics Advanced Life Support (PALS) course, turns out to be nothing more than deception. The school will still be using cats and ferrets to teach pediatric residents.

The collapse of a carriage horse named Jerry in Salt Lake City this past weekend has stirred up the debate around this industry and led to renewed calls for a ban. Jerry was suffering from colic and some believe the temperature, which reached 97 degrees that day, added to his distress.

City officials admit things may need to change and are looking into issues with carriage horses, but won't commit to doing anything just yet.

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Etsy for Animals (EFA) aka Artists Helping Animals, is a team of independent artists, craftspeople, vintage sellers and craft suppliers on Etsy.com who are dedicated to providing charitable relief to animals by donating a portion of the profits from their shops to an animal charity of their choosing, and/or to EFA's featured Charity of the Month.